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Becki Green
Passionate doctoral researcher with a keen interest in applying statistical methods to understand biological factors influencing brain ageing and pathology. Pronouns: she/her.
Education
PhD, Neuroscience Research
Institute of Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience - King’s College London
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2022 - 2019
- Project: “Linking blood metabolites to early dementia using systems biology”, Supervisors: Dr Petroula Proitsi & Professor Marcus Richards. Funders: NIHR Biomedical Research Centre PhD studentship
- Utilising network, pathway, and metabolome-wide approaches to highlight key metabolites influencing early markers of dementia - including imaging, blood, and cognition measures - in large cohort studies. Teasing apart the involvement of risk factors across the life course. Using statistical genetics approaches, such as Mendelian randomisation and polygenic scores, to further understand the nature of these relationships.
MSc, Genes, Environment and Development in Psychology and Psychiatry (Distinction, 78%)
Institute of Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience - King’s College London
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2018 - 2017
- Project: “Investigating the relationships between polygenic risks scores for hypothalamic pituitary axis function, stressful life events, and the development of emotional problems.” Supervisor: Professor Edmund Sonuga-Barke.
MSc, Biomedical Sciences Research (Merit, 69%)
Medical Sciences - University of Bristol
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2015 - 2014
- Project: “Developing and evaluating the use of a cognitive-motor task as a quantitative measure of fatigue using functional fMRI in healthy volunteers.” Supervisor: Dr Jade Thai.
Bsc, Physiological Science (2:1)
Medical Sciences - University of Bristol
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2013 - 2010
- Project: “Investigating the role of glucose toxicity in the development of Alzheimer’s disease”. Supervisor: Professor Elek Molnar.
Research & Industry Experience
DECOVID Project Collaborator
The Alan Turing Institute
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2022 - 2021
- Working with and characterising electronic health record data collected during the COVID-19 pandemic in two large hospital trusts. Creating reproducible pipelines to enable collaboration across research teams. Assessing data quality and evaluating against a data ethics framework. Led by Dr Kirstie Whitaker.
Transfer Learning Project Collaborator
The Alan Turing Institute
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2021
- Developing and applying transfer learning methodologies to map non-overlapping features and build prediction models for dementia. Led by Professor David Llewellyn.
Freelance Editor/Science Writer
Cactus Communications - Worldwide
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2019 - 2018
- Editing, formatting, and proofreading scientific manuscripts prior to journal submission in the field of Life Sciences.
Research Officer
NIHR Clinical Research Network West of England - Bristol
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2017 - 2016
- Managing the set up and delivery of primary care clinical research studies in 59 sites. Championing research in the West of England, and leading events to promote patient and public involvement. Undertaking audits into research delivery and performance.
Research Assistant (Healthcare)
NIHR Clinical Research Network West of England - Bristol
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2016
- Supporting the delivery of clinical trials. Leading study specific training in the West of England as well as utilising clinical skills to carry out and document trials.
Supervision Experience
MSc Supervision (day to day)
MSc Developmental Psychology & Psychopathology
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2021
- Supervision for a 6-month MSc project: “Investigating the presence of shared genetic architecture between Major Depressive Disorder and Alzheimer’s Disease”. This student is now a PhD researcher in our group (Proitsi lab).
MSc Supervision (day to day)
MSc Neuroscience
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2019
- Supervision for a 6-month MSc project: “Assessing Genetic Overlap and Causality Between Blood Plasma Proteins and Alzheimer’s Disease”. This MSc work has now been published.
Teaching Experience
Module Lead
BSc, King’s College London
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2022 - 2021
- Courses: Big Data in Python (BSc; 2021, 2022)
- Course design and material creation, seminar and practical leader, marking, forum management, evaluation and feedback.
Graduate Teaching Assistant
BSc & MSc, King’s College London
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2021 - 2019
- Courses: Origins of Individual Differences (BSc; 2019, 2020, 2021), Statistics in R (MSc; 2021), Big Data in Python (BSc; 2020), Research Methods (MSc & BSc; 2019, 2020), Mendelian Randomisation (MSc; 2019, 2020).
- Material creation, seminar and practical leader, marking, evaluation and feedback.
Workshop Assistant
Global researchers
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2021 - 2019
- Courses: Reproducible Reporting Using Markdown (DEMON Network; 2021), Polygenic Summer School (King’s College London; 2019).
- Assisting with design and delivery.
Volunteer Work
Rethink Mental Illness - London, UK
Raising funds and participating in photoshoots and blogs to encourage others to fundraise.
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2019 - 2018
Crisis at Christmas - Birmingham, UK
Assisting with the set up and delivery of food, shelter and entertainment for Crisis service users over the Christmas period.
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2017 - 2014
Kissing it Better - Warwick, UK
Assisting and implementing strategies to improve care environments for inpatients with dementia.
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2014 - 2012
Cherry Trees Care Home - Alcester, UK
Assisting with care and entertainment in a local nursing home for individuals with dementia.
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2012 - 2010
Oral presentations
DEMON Network [Invited speaker]
Upcoming: Jan 2022
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2022
Leeds OMICS Seminar [Invited speaker]
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University of Leeds
2021
Turing Community Week
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The Alan Turing Institute
2021
Turing Student Seminar
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The Alan Turing Institute
2021
Research Showcase
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The Alan Turing Institute
2021
Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute
Centre Talk
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King’s College London
2020
Maudsley BRC Training Conference
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King’s College London
2020
Dementias Platform UK Datathon
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University of Oxford (virtual)
2020
International Society of Clinical Biostatistics Annual Conference
[Invited speaker]
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Krakow (virtual)
2020
Maudsley BRC Annual Conference
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King’s College London
2019
Dementia Research Open Day (Patients & Public)
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King’s College London
2019
Poster only presentations
Alzheimer’s Association International Conference
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Amsterdam (virtual)
2020
Alzheimer’s Research UK Conference
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Cardiff (virtual)
2020
World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics
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Anaheim, USA
2019
Grants & awards
Enrichment Scholarship Student
The Alan Turing Institute
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2022 - 2021
- Awarded funding to carry out my research at the Institute, with access to facilities, mentoring, and courses.
NIHR Biomedical Research Centre PhD Studentship
NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre, South London and Maudsley NHS Trust
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2019 - 2022
King’s Experience Interdisciplinary Award in Art, Science & Mental Health
King’s College London
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2018
Leadership roles
Turing Steering Group: Student Member
The Alan Turing Institute
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2021 - 2020
MSc Student Council Representatitve
University of Bristol
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2015 - 2014
Co-chair and Co-founder of MedSciSoc (BSc Medical Sciences Society)
University of Bristol
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2013 - 2012
Courses
I have attended a number of courses to develop my research and interpersonal skills, ranging from courses in statistical genetics to software engineering, and the national Dementias Platform UK datathon.
Highlights: Mendelian Randomisation, Research Software Engineering, Ethical Data Science, High Performance and High Throughput Computing, Data Skills for Open Research, Dementias Platforms UK Datathon, Prediction Modelling, Machine Learning, Advanced Python for Biologists, Molecular Pathways and Networks.
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Membership
International Society of Clinical Biostatistics
Student Member
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Alzheimer’s Association International Society to Advance Alzheimer’s Research and Treatment (ISTAART)
Student Member
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Publications
Metabolic underpinnings of late midlife cognitive outcomes: findings from the 1946 British Birth Cohort
Brain Communications [In Press]
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2021
- Green., R., Lord, J., Xu, J., Maddock, J., Kim, M., Dobson, R., … Protisi, P.
Sex-Specific Metabolic Pathways Were Associated with Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) Endophenotypes in the European Medical Information Framework for AD Multimodal Biomarker Discovery Cohort
Biomedicines
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2021
- Xu, J., Green, R., Kim, M., Lord, J., Ebshiana, A., Westwood, S., … Legido-Quigley, C.
Assessing Genetic Overlap and Causality Between Blood Plasma Proteins and Alzheimer’s Disease
Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease
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2021
- Handy, A., Lord, J., Green, R., Xu, J., Aarsland, D., Velayudhan, L., … Proitsi, P.
Disentangling independent and mediated causal relationships between blood metabolites, cognitive factors, and Alzheimer’s Disease
Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science
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2021
- Lord, J., Green, R., Choi, S.W., Hubel, C., Aarsland, D., Velayudhan, L., … Proitsi, P.
Mendelian randomization identifies blood metabolites previously linked to midlife cognition as causal candidates in Alzheimer’s disease
PNAS
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2021
- Lord, J., Jermy, B., Green, R., Wong, A., Xu, J., Legido-Quigley, C., … Proitsi, P.
Integrated lipidomics and proteomics network analysis highlights lipid and immunity pathways associated with Alzheimer’s disease
Translational Neurodegeneration
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2020
- Xu, J., Bankov, G., Min, K., Wretlind, A., Lord, J., Green, R., … Legido-Quigley, C.
Investigating the role of blood metabolites as biomarkers of cognitive function and dementia in the MRC 1946 British Birth Cohort
European Neuropsychopharmacology [Conference Abstract]
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2019
- Green, R., Lord, J., Maddock, J., Kim, M., Dobson, R., Legido-Quigley, C., … Proitsi, P.
Book chapters
The Turing Way: A Handbook for Reproducible Data Science
Cowrote Creating Project Repositories and virtual collaboration [WIP] chapters. Reviewed multiple chapters.
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2019
- The Turing Way Community, Arnold, B., Bowler, L., Gibson, A.,, Herterich, P., Higman, R., … Whitaker, K.